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The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Mitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable new novel about the power of talent to change our lives This is the epic story of Frankie Presto—the greatest guitar player who ever lived—and the six lives he changed with his six magical blue strings Frankie, born in a burning church, abandoned as an infant, and raised by a music teacher in a small Span…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780751541229
- Collation
- 489p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 813.6 ALB m
The Christmas Pig
One boy and his toy are about to change everything... Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens — DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack’s newest toy — the Christmas Pig (DP’s replacemen…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781338790238
- Collation
- 271 pages : illus. ; 23,5 cm.
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- Call Number
- 823.14 ROW c
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story. The accident that killed Eddie …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780062948137
- Collation
- 213 pages ; 17 cm.
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- Call Number
- 813.54 ALB n
The Beast of Buckingham Palace
It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780008385644
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- 461 pages : illus. ; 21,5 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 823.92 WAL b
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one…
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- Wordsworth Classics, 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781853261589
- Collation
- 110p; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Wordsworth Classics
- Call Number
- 843.912 SAI l
The Party Crasher: A Novel
It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been s…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780593450079
- Collation
- 349 pages ; 21 cm.
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- Call Number
- 823.914 KIN p
The Cousins
Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each other, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised... and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point—not going is not an option…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780593305492
- Collation
- 325 pages : illus. ; 20,5 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 813.6 MCM c
The Song of Achilles
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. “The best of all the Greeks”—strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess—Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deep…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781408891384
- Collation
- 352 pages ; 19,5 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 813.6 MIL s
The Shakespeare Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Learn more about the work of William Shakespeare with The Shakespeare Book, packed full of infographics, inspirational quotes, character guides, and more bonus material that illuminates the bard's work, from Shakespeare plays like Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and As You Like It, to his best-loved sonnets, and even obscure lost works. Every comedy, tragedy, history, and poem of Shakespe…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780241182611
- Collation
- 352 pages : illus. ; 24 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 822.33 CAV s
Sparks of Phoenix
As the phoenix emerges from its ashes, Zebian emerges ablaze in these pages, not only as a survivor of abuse, but as a teacher and healer for all those who have struggled to understand, reclaim, and rise above a history of pain. The book is divided into six chapters, and six stages of healing: Falling, Burning to Ashes, Sparks of Phoenix, Rising, Soaring, and finally, A New Chapter, which de…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781449496203
- Collation
- 233 pages : illus. ; 22 cm.
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- -
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- 811.6 ZEB s
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